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i'll tell her eric's gonna be calling. ♪ crazy ♪ i used to be crazy ♪ crazy ♪ i used to be crazy ♪ cold, cold ocean ♪ cold ocean ♪ life has gone crazy hi. [ both laugh ] hello! ha! ha! ha! both: whoo! bam! ha! both: face! you still got it. no, no, no, you've got it. you've got it. we're going full-out here. we're gonna find that skate park! all right. i sure hope we hurry up and find it. just keep pulling. how you doing? i'm going. all right. i'm doing fine. we're good. we're just getting ready for a road trip. okay, i think that's everything. wait, what about my skateboard? it's not a road trip if i'm not shredding the nar. okay, tight squeeze, but i think we're gonna be -- hold up. i don't go anywhere without my down comforter. just one more thing. aw, betty, we don't have room for one more thing. in fact, we don't have room for me. what do you think the rope is for? come on. aww. [ rock music plays ] do you have time to take a quick survey? do you have a minute? mm-hmm. okay, great. here you go. [ laughing ] but at least i can help keep their underwear clean. that's why there's c
i'll tell her eric's gonna be calling. ♪ crazy ♪ i used to be crazy ♪ crazy ♪ i used to be crazy ♪ cold, cold ocean ♪ cold ocean ♪ life has gone crazy hi. [ both laugh ] hello! ha! ha! ha! both: whoo! bam! ha! both: face! you still got it. no, no, no, you've got it. you've got it. we're going full-out here. we're gonna find that skate park! all right. i sure hope we hurry up and find it. just keep pulling. how you doing? i'm going. all right. i'm doing fine. we're good. we're just...
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. >> the loss of these wonderful people should make everyone of us strive to be better, to be better in our private lives, better friends, neighbors, co- workers, parents. and if, as has been discussed in recent days, their deaths help usher in more civility in our public discourse, let us remember it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy. it did not. but rather, because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to the challenges of our nation in a way that would make them proud. [applause] >> at times like these, the president is not simply the commander in chief, he is also expected to be the comforter in chief. colby king, do you think barack obama successfully comforted the nation on wednesday? >> he comforted the nation by speaking to the nation but he also spoke for the nation by speaking to the people of tuscon who suffered the terrible tragedy. and he cast the whole thing where it belongs, on the problem that the individual caused out there, and not on the finger- pointing and the point scoring that took place that was really uns
. >> the loss of these wonderful people should make everyone of us strive to be better, to be better in our private lives, better friends, neighbors, co- workers, parents. and if, as has been discussed in recent days, their deaths help usher in more civility in our public discourse, let us remember it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy. it did not. but rather, because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to the challenges of our...
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the word toxic. -- will not use the word stimulus. he has real problems because people are not eating the dog food. >> they are looking for new ways to talk about the college men's. speaker pelosi told "politico" in an interesting interview that they are telling people to not talk about wall street reform but consumer protections, not talk about health reform but to talk about outpatient's bill of rights. republicans at the same time are going out and they wanted to re aconite the passions of last august's town halls, -- reignite the passions of last august of two town halls. -- last august's town halls. >> how does obama's fundraising differ from bill clinton's? >> it is dramatically different breed where they are similar is that -- it is dramatically different. where they are similar is that they're democratic president, so there are a lot of big stars and they attract those to the fund- raisers. beyond that, they are not similar at all. bill clinton used the white house and the grounds and the bedrooms to help generate -- >> includ
the word toxic. -- will not use the word stimulus. he has real problems because people are not eating the dog food. >> they are looking for new ways to talk about the college men's. speaker pelosi told "politico" in an interesting interview that they are telling people to not talk about wall street reform but consumer protections, not talk about health reform but to talk about outpatient's bill of rights. republicans at the same time are going out and they wanted to re aconite...
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. -- >> run the table for us. where is rick perry strongest and where is mitt romney strong as? >> rick perry is strong with the base and the tea party activists, anti-tax and government, and evangelical. it will help him quite a bit in iowa. he will hope to compete hard in new hampshire but that of the placement romney has tried to -- is a place mitt romney has tried to keep in his pocket. for three years he has not been running -- but really has been. he has a home there. if you look down in south carolina and rick perry could rise again down there. but you have to consider michele bachmann is still in the race. whether she will last, we don't know, but she can peel off from rick perry's base and in some ways mitt romney's people are looking, if she stays in, ask iowa where the vote could -- and i know what is where the vote could fracture and maybe he could do some what well there. >> is there a role in this for jon huntsman warning -- the gingrich or ron paul? >> i think those people will go by the wayside. bu
. -- >> run the table for us. where is rick perry strongest and where is mitt romney strong as? >> rick perry is strong with the base and the tea party activists, anti-tax and government, and evangelical. it will help him quite a bit in iowa. he will hope to compete hard in new hampshire but that of the placement romney has tried to -- is a place mitt romney has tried to keep in his pocket. for three years he has not been running -- but really has been. he has a home there. if you...
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something that has not been done by the hawks that took us to war, told us there were weapons of mass destruction, and that they knew where they were. >> here is chuck hagel's history of the courageous speaker to power of the iraq war. when public opinion is in favor of going to war, he votes yes. when the war goes south, public opinion is against it, he is against it. he has this one opportunity to redeem the war, which is headed south, and the surge, everyone acknowledges it was a success. he voted against it because the surge was against public opinion at the time. >> we have been fighting about the surge forever, and it is not worth fighting about again. what i think is wrong -- you said that this was not about john mccain or lindsey graham. that is wrong. in a congressional hearing, it is about everybody. everyone knows it is a drama. in this drama, chuck hagel was halting, and the republican were bullies. nobody came out looking great. >> the secretary of defense, who has to negotiate with the russians and iranians, and you say he was bullied in a congressional hearing? >> this
something that has not been done by the hawks that took us to war, told us there were weapons of mass destruction, and that they knew where they were. >> here is chuck hagel's history of the courageous speaker to power of the iraq war. when public opinion is in favor of going to war, he votes yes. when the war goes south, public opinion is against it, he is against it. he has this one opportunity to redeem the war, which is headed south, and the surge, everyone acknowledges it was a...
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us a lot about himself. these people giving their own stories and their own narratives. ryan is a poseur. there's nothing genuine. you get the impression that he is playing a role and he has been playing it from the time he was a kid. >> if charles were here, he would give you a real tough. >> i did bump into him and mark in florida, as you know. my question was -- how enthusiastic are these delegates about the head of the ticket? >> i think what is really interesting is how at the convention, they have managed to bring together tea party, evangelical, and the kind of moderates that a northeastern republican like romney would have represented. i think they have done a good job, except for a few of the ron paul-ites. it has been quite unanimous and holding together with a connection that is united by opposition and open hostility to barack obama. they are going to support whoever is the nominee. mitt romney may not have in their emotional choice, but they have fallen in line behind him. i did not think there
us a lot about himself. these people giving their own stories and their own narratives. ryan is a poseur. there's nothing genuine. you get the impression that he is playing a role and he has been playing it from the time he was a kid. >> if charles were here, he would give you a real tough. >> i did bump into him and mark in florida, as you know. my question was -- how enthusiastic are these delegates about the head of the ticket? >> i think what is really interesting is how...
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i have not heard one republican use the language that the leader of the california delegation used in describing paul ryan as goebbels of our time. he had to excuse himself and returned home after that because of a previously scheduled root canal. >> if you are saying you have not heard a visceral hatred expressed for barack obama, maybe i will stop the show -- >> let's not, just to be nice to me. the first lady wins rave reviews, but not from everyone. >> when you work hard and have done well and walk through the doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. you reach back. >> i thought michelle obama did an enormously effective job without ever mentioning mitt romney's name, without ever mentioning the fact that there was a republican party or nominee for president. dramatically drawing the differences between these individuals and how their values have been formed. >> charles, your turn. >> how much did you have to pay for that studio space? >> it cost a fortune. [laughter] >> yes, michelle obama. i thought it was a brilliantly cynical speech. it was done a marvelousl
i have not heard one republican use the language that the leader of the california delegation used in describing paul ryan as goebbels of our time. he had to excuse himself and returned home after that because of a previously scheduled root canal. >> if you are saying you have not heard a visceral hatred expressed for barack obama, maybe i will stop the show -- >> let's not, just to be nice to me. the first lady wins rave reviews, but not from everyone. >> when you work hard...
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he is getting us out of afghanistan. you can agree on that but you cannot deny that the withdrawal is creating the vacuum in which all our friends in their region are looking at these areas having no influence over the actors and the characters -- >> let's talk about facts. >> they are inheriting the vacuum. >> the united states wanted to have a status of forces with iraq but could not get. fact. islamic fundamentalism is a problem but it is not just a problem for the united states or israel. citing what is going on with australia, germany, france -- attacks on those countries because of actions taken by a publication. we have to figure out how we deal with this. to say it is because of barack obama -- >> you stop the accommodation and the belief. if you act sweet and nice and support regimes, it will turn out well. it ends up really bad the. >> the world does not perceive obama being sweet and nice. he is the first democratic president to have a huge gap with his opponent on foreign policy, national security. mitt romne
he is getting us out of afghanistan. you can agree on that but you cannot deny that the withdrawal is creating the vacuum in which all our friends in their region are looking at these areas having no influence over the actors and the characters -- >> let's talk about facts. >> they are inheriting the vacuum. >> the united states wanted to have a status of forces with iraq but could not get. fact. islamic fundamentalism is a problem but it is not just a problem for the united...
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us. do you agree, charles? >> by talking about the 1967 lines, it is essentially to give away the only bargaining chip israel has in negotiations. all it has is land. in return, nothing from palestinians. in fact, taking away israel's negotiating leverage to a palestinian authority that has just signed a negotiated agreement -- that has just signed an agreement with hamas that is committed to israel's destruction. >> colby? >> i would not say under the bus but it took away a key negotiating position. more than that, i am not sure the president's position reflects the reality that israel faces. they are in a tough neighborhood, not a neighborhood that will guarantee their existence. the united states should not be in the position of weakening israel. >> nina? >> the reality that israel faces is that every time it has declined to negotiate with somebody and have a tougher and tougher position, the person that was the next negotiator was worse than the first one. they are in a neighborhood w
us. do you agree, charles? >> by talking about the 1967 lines, it is essentially to give away the only bargaining chip israel has in negotiations. all it has is land. in return, nothing from palestinians. in fact, taking away israel's negotiating leverage to a palestinian authority that has just signed a negotiated agreement -- that has just signed an agreement with hamas that is committed to israel's destruction. >> colby? >> i would not say under the bus but it took away a...
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. >> basical >> people used the cia as a whippingoy. >> why is congress leaning on the cia? >> yes, it was 40 years ago that american firs set foot on the moon. >> at's one sll step for man, one gian leap for mankind. republins have been saying that the president's heth-care plans drafted -- as drafted what rate the bank and this week the ad of the congressial buet office seemed to buttress the argument. the president sayseducing heth-ce costs is eential but dolas elmendorf says the legislation and the sena will do just the opposite. on e contrary the legislation signicantly expands the fedal responsility for health care cost >> but the president says doi nothing about health care i not an option. >>he price of dogothing abou health cares a price at every taxpayer and every business and every family will have to pay. >> health care reform not a democrat or republicssue, it is a american issue. buat the start of the health- care debate, democts were coletely satisfied in the process. >> republicanenator orr hatch. i know i asd this wk after week. how are we goi to pay? one ho
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. >> we call upon other nations to join us in condemning this threat to international peace and security. >> the senate defeats the president's jobs bill. >> i will not take no for an answer and i hope you won't either. >> republicans now have a jobs plan of their own. >> the president believes the government money creates jobs. we believe business creates jobs. >> is a herman cain just another flavor of the week? >> the difference between flavor of the week and hÄagen-dazs black walnut, because it tastes good all the time. >> a new hampshire primary it before christmas -- are you kidding? [unintelligible] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the united states government this week accused the government of iran of plotting to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states on american soil. the alleged plot reportedly involved the payment of $1.5 million to a mexican drug cartel to kill the ambassador and carry out other attacks. attorney general eric holder said that the plot involved elements of iran's quds force. a spokesman for iran says the cou
. >> we call upon other nations to join us in condemning this threat to international peace and security. >> the senate defeats the president's jobs bill. >> i will not take no for an answer and i hope you won't either. >> republicans now have a jobs plan of their own. >> the president believes the government money creates jobs. we believe business creates jobs. >> is a herman cain just another flavor of the week? >> the difference between flavor of the...
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the other point you cannot ignore is that once extortion has been used, and it has been used by the tea party -- we are going to bring on the fall, bring the government to shut down -- don't think is not going to be used by democrats when a republican is in the white house. >> extortion, charles? >> in that case, obama is an extorter because he said he would veto the bill if it had no revenues. is he a taker of hostages? this is ridiculous. on the final vote, did at majority of democrats in the house vote yes? now, it was 50-50. did a majority of members of congress in the tea party vote yes? yes, 57%. who are the hostage takers here? >> washington is doing this in about as ugly and cowardly a fashion as possible, be fitting its natural image. but again, is obscuring the good news. there is a real debate about how to deal with these issues. i know they did not deal with entitlements in the first round, but they have this commission coming out and the commission is going to have to look at entitlements. here is the real good news -- both parties are heading towards tax reformer. if that
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but he used the words open with e torch hadeen passed" which john kennedy had used when he watalking about t eisenhower generation paing the torch to his. and i think this was a change. and i thinkbama was regarded as a nnedy-esque figure. >> let's lk about hlth care. you did some reporter ght -- reporting on how the debateis shapin up despite the abnce ofed kennedy. tell us about h that is shapg up. >> a very prominent and respectable reblican pollste put it very well this week. he said, senator -- president obama, excuse me, people want him to succeed, people like him. republicansnd better unrstand that. he problem is that he has his own dete to ke and the oba plan and the numbers d support ha gone down. they had better come up in every with a recantingaepackaging, w and improvedchanged plan if it is going to be suessful. quite honestly, if people say ted kennedy is miss, he is missed in the sen that ted kennedy uld have told very early on what the proems were and what toobout the his ability t forge coalition is just so impssive. >> also he cld sell. it is gng to be a compromise.
but he used the words open with e torch hadeen passed" which john kennedy had used when he watalking about t eisenhower generation paing the torch to his. and i think this was a change. and i thinkbama was regarded as a nnedy-esque figure. >> let's lk about hlth care. you did some reporter ght -- reporting on how the debateis shapin up despite the abnce ofed kennedy. tell us about h that is shapg up. >> a very prominent and respectable reblican pollste put it very well this...
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george bush lied us into war. he deliberately distorted the facts knowing there were no weapons of mass destruction. it is not only widely held, it is repeated by columnists in the new york times and not just internet weird stuff it. i do not remember my liberal colleagues being upset about the death of truth at that point. >> of the truth was there were no weapons of mass destruction. >> it was a question of reckless and negligent taking the nation that to war. >> have you denied the democratic leaders have accused -- >> i have never heard a democratic leader, a democratic candidate for president say this. i think we are in a different time and a different era. nobody ever questioned that john kennedy was a catholic or harry truman was a baptist. when you get a large segment questioning whether barack obama is a christian, whether he is an american, and that number is growing, that is the byproduct of what you are describing, of irresponsible on edited and unaccountable information being circulated both in broadc
george bush lied us into war. he deliberately distorted the facts knowing there were no weapons of mass destruction. it is not only widely held, it is repeated by columnists in the new york times and not just internet weird stuff it. i do not remember my liberal colleagues being upset about the death of truth at that point. >> of the truth was there were no weapons of mass destruction. >> it was a question of reckless and negligent taking the nation that to war. >> have you...
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you can no longer take us for granted. don't vote. >> colby king -- excuse me -- is this a first in american politics, a member of a minority group urging fellow minority voters not to vote? >> i cannot speak for all minorities. i have never heard of this before. but this is another example of attempted voter suppression. this is the most blatant one we have seen. anti-democrats and anti- democratic. this goes beyond the pale, encouraging people to stay away from the polls. a step to keep democratic voters away from pulls in, say, nev. >> that is where this did play. it did play in nevada, and obviously, harry reid's reelection strategy relies on a large latino turnout. >> the idea that it is oppression is complete nonsense. suppression implies the use of the authority of government in providing the vote. this is advice, don't go out and vote. sometimes it is good advice. secondly, what is new and unique here is that in broadcasting, out of all the tens of thousands of advertisements in all the races and the country, you s
you can no longer take us for granted. don't vote. >> colby king -- excuse me -- is this a first in american politics, a member of a minority group urging fellow minority voters not to vote? >> i cannot speak for all minorities. i have never heard of this before. but this is another example of attempted voter suppression. this is the most blatant one we have seen. anti-democrats and anti- democratic. this goes beyond the pale, encouraging people to stay away from the polls. a step...
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people were hungry for change and the president was running against a 72-year-old guy who could not use a computer. obama winds of virginia and north carolina and gets a western states. can he hold those states? can the democrats hold those states? >> tom davis, probably as shrewd a political analyst -- his fear is that the republicans will take the wrong lesson from the 2010 victories that they are expected to enjoy, and that is that all we have to do is beat the against party. -- be the against party. that is his apprehension, that president obama will be stronger in 200012 if the republicans will take this as we can just be against everything, we can be for nothing. that is part of the problem right now, which they are starting to recognize. >> the problem with these predictions is that there is always an intervening events. how obama performs in the crisis -- >> in the absence of that event, if the election were held today, the democrats would probably lose the house at perhaps even the senate. what happened was they over at the mandate of 2008 and they tried to impose a left-of-cen
people were hungry for change and the president was running against a 72-year-old guy who could not use a computer. obama winds of virginia and north carolina and gets a western states. can he hold those states? can the democrats hold those states? >> tom davis, probably as shrewd a political analyst -- his fear is that the republicans will take the wrong lesson from the 2010 victories that they are expected to enjoy, and that is that all we have to do is beat the against party. -- be the...
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that fantasy can drive us into the ground. blasted paul ryan for not accepting works in -- not accepting erskine bowles -- >> paul ryan's fantasy, that the democratic party did not exist. >> you have a lot of months between january and the following january. i think they will have to go over the cliff just to get a deal, because congress, as nina was saying, is just so dysfunctional that unless you have carmageddon -- armageddon ii, they will not do anything. it takes awhile for the bad things to happen. >> this has been going on for at least two years, this kind of behavior. businesses make decisions in advance. they don't make decisions 10 months from now the minute there is an agreement. there is a whole atmosphere about whether the system is working or not -- >> and you wonder why the voters are so angry. >> yes. >> again, i guess fascinating to me to watch the challengers for president. we have an idea what the president has done, will do, at least an ally. mitt romney said last year he would keep taxes exactly the same l
that fantasy can drive us into the ground. blasted paul ryan for not accepting works in -- not accepting erskine bowles -- >> paul ryan's fantasy, that the democratic party did not exist. >> you have a lot of months between january and the following january. i think they will have to go over the cliff just to get a deal, because congress, as nina was saying, is just so dysfunctional that unless you have carmageddon -- armageddon ii, they will not do anything. it takes awhile for the...
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us. that is not going to go away. there is a hostility and antagonism. >> what about charles' point that there was an attempt to delegitimize george bush -- >> you are going to consider a request now? we are running out of time. >> you may think it was not nice, but it wasn't personal -- >> when they called him hitler and said he lyders into a war -- lied us into a war? that is not personal? >> that is not the same as the saying you are not a citizen, you are chimpanzee -- >> that is much worse -- there is not irresponsible, serious republican leader who has been it feel --not a responsible, serious republican leader who has been a feeling desperate they are glad it's over the hypocrisy on the other side is staggering, calling him a traitor who lied us into war and killed our soldiers is orders of magnitude beyond what the birther conspiracy is about. >> if the economy does not get better, i don't think he will win. if people don't feel better about government-run health care, i don't thi
us. that is not going to go away. there is a hostility and antagonism. >> what about charles' point that there was an attempt to delegitimize george bush -- >> you are going to consider a request now? we are running out of time. >> you may think it was not nice, but it wasn't personal -- >> when they called him hitler and said he lyders into a war -- lied us into a war? that is not personal? >> that is not the same as the saying you are not a citizen, you are...
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. >> they're not interested in making a deal with us. they want to jam through a totally partisan bill. >> world leaders con collude the nuclear sum mitt here. what did they achieve? >> the american people will be safer and the world will be more secure. >> will obama have a fight on his fands over justice john paul steven? and on income tax today, the voices of the tea party are hurt across the land. >> well, the economy is looking better. jobless rates still much too high, but the stock market has some real heft again. real today sales are up, housing is a problem, but people are buying cars again. the banks are raking it in. but how do we keep the big boys from taking us down the road to perdition again? the democrats say we regulate, of course. that is president obama's next big fight. can he win this? >> he can win this big. can he win it because of the popular issue, wall street is unpopular. also you have some republicans who also recognize it's a popular issue and they're going to get onboard. >> charles? >> if you had a bill tha
. >> they're not interested in making a deal with us. they want to jam through a totally partisan bill. >> world leaders con collude the nuclear sum mitt here. what did they achieve? >> the american people will be safer and the world will be more secure. >> will obama have a fight on his fands over justice john paul steven? and on income tax today, the voices of the tea party are hurt across the land. >> well, the economy is looking better. jobless rates still much...
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. >> wt did they decide to get tougwith us? >> then ey get poor, too >> look, ty want our economy gro they want our economy working. >> there is nothingo worry abou charles? >> there is a l to worry about. what struck me is that "the new yorkimes," "washington post," " and l.a times" talked openly about how big a flure the trip was. this is the ges of liberal these papers saying tha he went to china and got notng on -- liberal se papers saying that he went to china and g nothing on iran, human-rights, clime change and the biggest issue, revaluation ofhinese currency. yo have to ask yourself, why did he go,nd wt did he achieve? why do you go on a trip in which nothing is achiev? the presidentught to he at least something wired in advance, and apparently, in japan, and nothing was acquired in advanceand nothing was happening in south kea. >> when it com t trading currency, ere seems to be one set of rules for the chine and another r the united states. >> it is a question of clout theyre in the position where they have toe spoken
. >> wt did they decide to get tougwith us? >> then ey get poor, too >> look, ty want our economy gro they want our economy working. >> there is nothingo worry abou charles? >> there is a l to worry about. what struck me is that "the new yorkimes," "washington post," " and l.a times" talked openly about how big a flure the trip was. this is the ges of liberal these papers saying tha he went to china and got notng on -- liberal se...
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>> you just used the word earlier, "reprehensible," in reference to running at about jeremiah wright. it is not off-limits. tactically, piteous a mistake. in 2008, obama -- tactically, it is a mistake in 2008, obama had no record or history of achievements, so all you had to go on were associations, which the press ignored and declared off-limits. today, he has a record, but the idea that it is off-limits is sheer hypocrisy on the part of the press. >> call it what you want, charles. the reality is that this was not dropped by the press in 2008. it was a central issue which dominated the campaign for close to a week and it led to president obama, then-candidate obama, giving the most watched the speech of his generation. reverend wright >> this week on "insid -- reverend wright had moments on bill moyers' show and a number of venues, and john mccain, to his credit, said this is not something we will approach. city >> drumbeat from rush limbaugh of -- steady drumbeat from rush limbaugh, sean hannity, others of that ilk, saying that obama has not been vetted. they achieve their ends by
>> you just used the word earlier, "reprehensible," in reference to running at about jeremiah wright. it is not off-limits. tactically, piteous a mistake. in 2008, obama -- tactically, it is a mistake in 2008, obama had no record or history of achievements, so all you had to go on were associations, which the press ignored and declared off-limits. today, he has a record, but the idea that it is off-limits is sheer hypocrisy on the part of the press. >> call it what you...
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the birth control debate is still with us. >> what i want to know is where are the women? when i look at his pal, i don't see one single woman -- when i look at this panel, i don't see one single woman representing the tens of millions of women across the country who want and need insurance coverage for basic preventive health care services. >> we are here at looking at government's bounds -- not is it a good idea or does it say for cost money. how does it impact religious organizations and people of conscience and faith? >> congresswoman carolyn maloney, congressman darrell issa. when we last met, we mentioned that the white house was announcing a plan to accommodate religious employers on the birth control issues. this satisfies some but not all of the president's critics on this issue. the hearing this week was a matter of great asset to carolyn maloney and also eleanor holmes norton -- upset to carolyn maloney and also eleanor holmes norton. >> it is not a new thing to have a cited congressional hearing. however, it was not a stroke of genius to have all men talking ab
the birth control debate is still with us. >> what i want to know is where are the women? when i look at his pal, i don't see one single woman -- when i look at this panel, i don't see one single woman representing the tens of millions of women across the country who want and need insurance coverage for basic preventive health care services. >> we are here at looking at government's bounds -- not is it a good idea or does it say for cost money. how does it impact religious...
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. >> you are here to represent us. you are not here to bicker and fight. >> this week, more bickering and fighting over the nation's debt. >> a significant number of republicans in congress are insisting on a different approach. >> i gave it my all. unfortunately, the president would not take yes for an answer. >> the giant game of chicken coupled with more bad news on the economy gave wall street the willies. >> you probably should not have more money in the stock market then you can afford to lose. >> john mchale lashes out at fellow republicans who refused to bend. >> that is not fair to the american people. >> i completely totally 100% disagree with senator mccain. >> and nfl players and owners can compromise, like in washington not? >> we can sit here and say football is back. >> first, let me broaden of your weekend with more lousy news about the economy. turns out the recession was even worse than we thought and economic growth for the first six months of the year has been the slowest since the recession ended.
. >> you are here to represent us. you are not here to bicker and fight. >> this week, more bickering and fighting over the nation's debt. >> a significant number of republicans in congress are insisting on a different approach. >> i gave it my all. unfortunately, the president would not take yes for an answer. >> the giant game of chicken coupled with more bad news on the economy gave wall street the willies. >> you probably should not have more money in the...
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i do think, to the great plea to all of us, then this will be a down to the wire race. it will be very close. >> you get the last word. thank you. see you next week. >> for a transcript of this broadcast, log onto insidewashington.tv.
i do think, to the great plea to all of us, then this will be a down to the wire race. it will be very close. >> you get the last word. thank you. see you next week. >> for a transcript of this broadcast, log onto insidewashington.tv.
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give us a couple of minutes, we'll get started. dr. lantz. can i ask you a question? fine, i'll give you my phone number. it's about michael. is he as good as he says he is? as everyone says he is? honestly? no, he's not. he's better. trust me, if you need your head cut open, you want to be in the hands of michael holt. i'll excise the cyst on the primary motor cortex first. that's a piece of cake. second one is no picnic though. it's right next to broca's. on top of the frontal operculum. yeah. go even a millimeter too deep, she loses speech. only one way to make sure i don't. brain mapping. she'll have to be awake. tell lantz to wake her up. (monitor beeping rhythmically) bax: carol, i'm gonna show you some images. i want you to identify them. on top of cutting my head open, you're giving me a pop quiz? you'll do fine. so, michael, do i have a nice brain? most beautiful i've ever seen. i bet you say that to all the girls. but i mean it with you. no speech arrests, so let's start dissecting. no speech what? the fact that you're speaking means i'm in a safe place. tha
give us a couple of minutes, we'll get started. dr. lantz. can i ask you a question? fine, i'll give you my phone number. it's about michael. is he as good as he says he is? as everyone says he is? honestly? no, he's not. he's better. trust me, if you need your head cut open, you want to be in the hands of michael holt. i'll excise the cyst on the primary motor cortex first. that's a piece of cake. second one is no picnic though. it's right next to broca's. on top of the frontal operculum....
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. >> and it directly affects us. >> they were married last fall in connecticut. but the one who works for the federal government was unable to use his insurance to cover his spouse who has diabetes. the obama administration will all want to defend in court the defense of marriage at -- will no longer defend in court the defense of marriage act. >> those states that have marriage, same-sex marriage, and have legalized it, you cannot get the benefits of that under federal law. you cannot get spouse benefits with the social security and things like that. that is what the defense of marriage act does outlaw, recognition of marriage in states that have legalized same- sex marriage. on the other side of decthe coin, the administration is doing something rare -- not unheard of, but rare -- refusing to defend a federally enacted statute. that is risky business. it has happened about 13 times in the last 10 years or so, but it usually involves executive power. it can come back to bite you in the fanny. what with a republican president decided not to defend obamacare? >> i
. >> and it directly affects us. >> they were married last fall in connecticut. but the one who works for the federal government was unable to use his insurance to cover his spouse who has diabetes. the obama administration will all want to defend in court the defense of marriage at -- will no longer defend in court the defense of marriage act. >> those states that have marriage, same-sex marriage, and have legalized it, you cannot get the benefits of that under federal law....
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is he for us or against us? >> he is a master of modern western democracies where you don't set up your problems and postpone the day of reckoning. the question is when is the euro going to collapse? where is france going to be on that? it is like watching a car play out in slow-motion. >> what will it do to us, nina? >> it really collapses, it could hurt us severely and results in obama beinot being reelected. you do have to moderate austerity with some idea of how people live. that is what has been missing. >> elites in europe and the united states, present company excluded, are 100% for austerity. austerity has been found to be politically unsustainable in every election in europe, left or right. it is the prescription that has led to growing unemployment and social dislocation. i would say that that would be the lesson for this country, and what the republicans did in the house this week was absolutely stupid as far as their survival as a party. >> nina, before we go, our condolences on the passing of your f
is he for us or against us? >> he is a master of modern western democracies where you don't set up your problems and postpone the day of reckoning. the question is when is the euro going to collapse? where is france going to be on that? it is like watching a car play out in slow-motion. >> what will it do to us, nina? >> it really collapses, it could hurt us severely and results in obama beinot being reelected. you do have to moderate austerity with some idea of how people...
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>> i would not use the word cover-up. i would use the words malignant and neglect. they knew early on about some of the problems with the toyota cars, and they did not respond quickly. they did not notify the regulators. and now we have this consequence. >> there is a debate about whether it is just the accelerator pedal -- >> they do not seem to have actually figured out with any certainty what he is. i own a toyota. thank god it is very old. i work in public radio. but i am telling you, i would not buy one today. >> the ashtrays are ok, the glove compartment is ok, this is of floor mat. come on. they were criminally uncurious, is what these people corporate to hear the woman testified, -- is what these people were paid to hear the woman testified, when the car but to 100 miles per hour, that is not the floor mat. >> they have probably soft the floor mat issue and the accelerator issue. but there is the other issue of perhaps the electronic interference, and if that is so, you may never be able to prove it, which means that anybody who purchases a toyota will be sc
>> i would not use the word cover-up. i would use the words malignant and neglect. they knew early on about some of the problems with the toyota cars, and they did not respond quickly. they did not notify the regulators. and now we have this consequence. >> there is a debate about whether it is just the accelerator pedal -- >> they do not seem to have actually figured out with any certainty what he is. i own a toyota. thank god it is very old. i work in public radio. but i am...
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then he used all the muscle he is capable of using, but has declined to use up until now. >> is it possible for this disconnected any wider in washington? the resounding verdict over the summer was we hate this. and they are on the verge of doing it all over again. >> and there is money for disaster relief involved here. people cannot sleep in their own homes. >> one of the interesting things this week was lamar alexander stepping down from the leadership in the senate. he is a moderate conservative. it is not as hard-line as the rest of the leadership. there was a time in this country where the leadership in both parties have to include people from all wings of the party. but the republican party, and democratic party to some extent, are so solidified and so polarized that that is no longer true. >> what a pity. the mushy middle is an abandoned pier in obama is the one that said he wants to sharpen the differences. he wants people to choose. we are going to have a choice. he is running as a left liberal. he will run on equity, which party cares about you, which party want to take care of t
then he used all the muscle he is capable of using, but has declined to use up until now. >> is it possible for this disconnected any wider in washington? the resounding verdict over the summer was we hate this. and they are on the verge of doing it all over again. >> and there is money for disaster relief involved here. people cannot sleep in their own homes. >> one of the interesting things this week was lamar alexander stepping down from the leadership in the senate. he is...
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that is a mistakehat will haunt us for a long tim it's cost us a lot of blood d treasury. -- country that is democratic -- this is a country where now chstiansre being persecud on christmas. >> can i disaee on the biggest ory of the decade? i think it's not that we went around starting wars gratuitously. it's on september 11th, the holidayrom histo which was the1990's whh we imagined that all the great struggles of the world re over, ended, and we disvered we had an enemy in the wor who had been working against us, weadgnored it in the 1990. and that struggle which is n going to be with us for a generaon, not ournvention 's the invention of our enemies, ithe story of our time. >> i think it s the decade that concerned the tgic year of history. we came into this cade with talkinabout histo being over and were on a roll and all that. and then all sorts of sprising stuff started going wrong e lesson is that you g to keep going, anyways. endless eternal war we got economic problembut you got to just keep chippi away at them. >> just keep going. nobo intensifies that better than governor
that is a mistakehat will haunt us for a long tim it's cost us a lot of blood d treasury. -- country that is democratic -- this is a country where now chstiansre being persecud on christmas. >> can i disaee on the biggest ory of the decade? i think it's not that we went around starting wars gratuitously. it's on september 11th, the holidayrom histo which was the1990's whh we imagined that all the great struggles of the world re over, ended, and we disvered we had an enemy in the wor who...
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that charles used. >> charles has a conspiracy. if it is a conspiracy, it is a pretty lousy one, being contradicted within hours. the ar drums from think tank commandos and the gucci guerrillas who dominate this city. it reminds me of norman schwarzkopf, who led troops to a successful venture, the triumph in the persian gulf war. he was getting all this praise from his fawning flatterers, and he said no, it does not take courage to order men into battle. it takes courage to go into battle. --t we're talking about >> no, the israelis are not asking the westergaard war. -- are not asking the u. s to go to war. they are saying that if you are not interested in doing this, let us fight our own war because our lives are at stake. that is all the israelis are asking for. >> i heard a different speech from you, then. >> no, netanyahu said explicitly that great powers do not have a moral light, if they will not draw a red line, of giving israel the red light. are you denying that the administration put enormous pressure on israel to do not
that charles used. >> charles has a conspiracy. if it is a conspiracy, it is a pretty lousy one, being contradicted within hours. the ar drums from think tank commandos and the gucci guerrillas who dominate this city. it reminds me of norman schwarzkopf, who led troops to a successful venture, the triumph in the persian gulf war. he was getting all this praise from his fawning flatterers, and he said no, it does not take courage to order men into battle. it takes courage to go into...
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. >> the leader of the republicans and the house said that "financial reform was like using a nuclear weapon to target an ant." that is what he said. he compared the financial crisis to an ant. this the same financial crisis that led to the loss of nearly 8 million jobs. >> i would ask the president several questions. why aren't you focused on stopping the oil spill in the gulf and getting that clean up? why aren't you on reforming a fannie mae and freddie mac? why aren't you focused on cutting spending now? why isn't the president focused on creating jobs that the american people are asking for? and, mr. president, what about the country? for someone who asks to be held to a higher standard, the president spends an awful lot of time making excuses and wining about others. >> and what you are at it, why don't you find a cure for cancer? [laughter] mark, will this bill survive or will it be so watered down as to be ineffective? >> no, i think it will survive. what we're seeing in this exchange between barack obama and john boehner is a very simple admission on the part of the white hou
. >> the leader of the republicans and the house said that "financial reform was like using a nuclear weapon to target an ant." that is what he said. he compared the financial crisis to an ant. this the same financial crisis that led to the loss of nearly 8 million jobs. >> i would ask the president several questions. why aren't you focused on stopping the oil spill in the gulf and getting that clean up? why aren't you on reforming a fannie mae and freddie mac? why aren't...
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can you explain to us why we're still having this debate in 2012? >> the republicans had an issue that turned on the issue of religious liberty with the obama health plan. where they made a mistake was they have gone overboard with the question of reproductive rights and about a woman's right to contraception. the amendment goes beyond the question of contraception. it would allow insurance companies to block mammograms. the zealotry of the republican push to embarrass obama has got them in this bad position now on contraception. >> there is a close balance between the free exercise of religion and separation of church and state, that the government should not established religion. that was a legitimate question in the first iteration of the obama rule. i do not think it is in the second one. the goal post moved from, can over the religious organizations not include this in their -- overtly religious organizations not include this in their insurance plans to, can anybody decide you do not have the right your own reproductive freedom and we're going
can you explain to us why we're still having this debate in 2012? >> the republicans had an issue that turned on the issue of religious liberty with the obama health plan. where they made a mistake was they have gone overboard with the question of reproductive rights and about a woman's right to contraception. the amendment goes beyond the question of contraception. it would allow insurance companies to block mammograms. the zealotry of the republican push to embarrass obama has got them...
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>> giving us the reaquestion. the reality we have to learn after l this is republicans with conspicuous conrn -- exptions, olympia snowe a maybe one to others, are not going to ay. they are nr unanimous. they decided wheer for it logical, personal, or political reons, that this is in their interest. he has to of knowledge right now -- acknowledge right now, because he is talking essentially to democrats. he s got to get the american people a the demoats. if theareoing to pass ything it is got to come from the democratic majorities and house and nate and they have to convince them e on one, the nervous nele, bed-wetter caucus, convince them eir fate rests on his numbers an his numbers ston economy and health care. memo i am wondering how lbj wod have handled bed-wetter austs. >> talng about the people teed up and congress, as the president would y -- i would never use t term on myown. what markets ying is right. why is he giving this speech- it is pt of, i think,supreme se-confidence in his own persuaseness. again,
>> giving us the reaquestion. the reality we have to learn after l this is republicans with conspicuous conrn -- exptions, olympia snowe a maybe one to others, are not going to ay. they are nr unanimous. they decided wheer for it logical, personal, or political reons, that this is in their interest. he has to of knowledge right now -- acknowledge right now, because he is talking essentially to democrats. he s got to get the american people a the demoats. if theareoing to pass ything it is...
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there is no country that is behind us that will protect us and the west. that is the american dilemma. it has always been a free rider problem to europe has written -- and on our backs. if we go the way of europe, there is nobody to protect us for the rest of the world. >> but you can overspend yourself in the military into oblivion, again, as eisenhower said. >> under eisenhower, it% of gdp. >> and he thought that was too much. >> we are a third of that now. >> defense spending as a percentage of gdp and the federal budget has declined, that is true. >> and in absolute terms the defense budget has doubled in the past 10 years. doubled in cost. you're telling me that there is not that in there to be cut? i would just point out, at the risk of being johnny one-note, before the all volunteer service, private first class in the u.s. military was paid the principal sum of 900 texting dollars a year. contrast that with 23,000. you are immediately incurring costs, plus you know have a married military. when you had 18, 19-year-old being drafted to serve, they we
there is no country that is behind us that will protect us and the west. that is the american dilemma. it has always been a free rider problem to europe has written -- and on our backs. if we go the way of europe, there is nobody to protect us for the rest of the world. >> but you can overspend yourself in the military into oblivion, again, as eisenhower said. >> under eisenhower, it% of gdp. >> and he thought that was too much. >> we are a third of that now. >>...
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they have reminded us that everything here is on loan from them. we will not always get it right and not always agree on what is right. i believe has always been that we can disagree without being disagreeable. >> mark, how about a thumbnail preview? >> i think john boehner had a very good week. he hit the right tone. republicans had a less than good week, because they are already caught on their attempt to repeal the affordable health care act by being -- breaking their own rules on opening it up for debate to amendments, to doing it in an orderly fashion. i think john boehner himself struck a perfect tone. >> boehner-led house, will look like, charles? >> as humble as he said. i think he overdid the humility a little bit. he actually said "dust-to-dust," not the kind of thing you introduce into an inaugural address after a landslide, but i guess he was erring on the side of humility. they will repeal health-care, obviously, in the house and no where else, but they will tread carefully on anything large. they will play small for quite a while. . >
they have reminded us that everything here is on loan from them. we will not always get it right and not always agree on what is right. i believe has always been that we can disagree without being disagreeable. >> mark, how about a thumbnail preview? >> i think john boehner had a very good week. he hit the right tone. republicans had a less than good week, because they are already caught on their attempt to repeal the affordable health care act by being -- breaking their own rules...
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terrorists, and we could lose the city, and i mean we could lose it in an hour, if iran decides to use it or does it in a way that would be untraceable. it would always be under the damocles sword. these are people dedicated to the destruction not just of israel and of the moderate arabs, but ultimately of the west. that is what we have to calculate. it does not mean that they will attack tomorrow, but in the end, can we live with an iranian bomb? >> i have seen this movie before. we went through it and we went to war in 2001 under this premise, that somehow there was going to be -- the secretary of state said that there would be a mushroom cloud of the united states. it would be a more effective argument if we had not heard it -- >> do you doubt iran is working on a bomb? >> i don't know what iran is doing. i do not know -- you asked me a question, i was trying to answer it. if you want to continue to ask questions while i am try to answer, that is one of thing. i do not know when iran is doing. i do know that there are nations involved and they better off enough to unfettered examina
terrorists, and we could lose the city, and i mean we could lose it in an hour, if iran decides to use it or does it in a way that would be untraceable. it would always be under the damocles sword. these are people dedicated to the destruction not just of israel and of the moderate arabs, but ultimately of the west. that is what we have to calculate. it does not mean that they will attack tomorrow, but in the end, can we live with an iranian bomb? >> i have seen this movie before. we went...
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. >> nina, break it down for us. >> i do not think he has a mandate. i think the republicans and democrats both have a mandate for compromise. this is what you kept hearing. when you heard from republicans for four years is epitomized by mitch mcconnell who said his job was to see that obama is never reelected. but did not happen. so, he has an edge year. he does have leverage. but it will be a long haul. he does need partners. >> mitch mcconnell is on the record as saying that he knows that the election makes some people think that the republicans are going to roll over. agreed to democrat demands that a hike taxes before the end of the year. that does not sound like compromise. >> your definition of compromise is rolling over and excepting higher tax rates. that is the democratic definition of compromise. i would never suggest bias. the president ran -- i will say it -- the most negative campaign. he did not run on his record. he could not. he did not run on a program. there is one thing he got a mandate for, and he now has a mandate to raise the top
. >> nina, break it down for us. >> i do not think he has a mandate. i think the republicans and democrats both have a mandate for compromise. this is what you kept hearing. when you heard from republicans for four years is epitomized by mitch mcconnell who said his job was to see that obama is never reelected. but did not happen. so, he has an edge year. he does have leverage. but it will be a long haul. he does need partners. >> mitch mcconnell is on the record as saying...
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none of this point and counterpoint allows us to escape a troubling truth. unless someone somewhere comes up with a solution that can win votes from democrats and republicans in the house and the senate, the nation will default on its obligations beginning next week. after spurning speaker john boehner's plan yesterday, the house today came up with another approach. which finally passed, but is certain to die in the senate. >> i stuck my neck out a mile to -- i put revenues on the table in order to try to come to an agreement to avert us being where we are. this house has acted and it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle, put something on the table! tell us where you are! gwen: is all this stubborn politics or a divergence in philosophy or both? >> republicans have been doing the hard work of governing this week. >> the house continues to waste time. the senate cannot afford to wait on the house any longer. speaker boehner should just give it up. >> there are a lot of crises in the world that we can't always predict or
none of this point and counterpoint allows us to escape a troubling truth. unless someone somewhere comes up with a solution that can win votes from democrats and republicans in the house and the senate, the nation will default on its obligations beginning next week. after spurning speaker john boehner's plan yesterday, the house today came up with another approach. which finally passed, but is certain to die in the senate. >> i stuck my neck out a mile to -- i put revenues on the table...
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anything you say will be used against you in a court of law. however, if you remain silent about your wish to remain silent, you may forfeit your right to remain silent. obviously, i am not a lawyer. that is my take on the update of the miranda warning, 5-4 decision. even after hours of intent -- interrogation, suspects must speak up to say i am not talking to stop the interrogation but the new justices this turns out miranda upside down. >> justice sotomayor, who was assistant district attorney for five years, during a felony work. i think the way this will play out, what it does is it messes with the line. prosecutors often just what lines. they want lines so that they're not constantly in litigation over whether this confession was appropriate or not. i think this will make it much more difficult. >> does and the president's nominee, elena kagan, decide -- side with the police? >> the government sided with the police. >> the government has an interest always in these cases, most criminal cases. if they're going to file and all, they will fil
anything you say will be used against you in a court of law. however, if you remain silent about your wish to remain silent, you may forfeit your right to remain silent. obviously, i am not a lawyer. that is my take on the update of the miranda warning, 5-4 decision. even after hours of intent -- interrogation, suspects must speak up to say i am not talking to stop the interrogation but the new justices this turns out miranda upside down. >> justice sotomayor, who was assistant district...
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what does that tell us? >> he is an interesting character because he is a libertarian like his father. he is not quite as extreme on foreign affairs. he does not want to pull out of nato, that he does not want to, domestically, abolished the fed. he is not not. but he is far as i'm the -- but he is far outside the mainstream of republicanism in the sense that he is more libertarian and more isolationist but he could win. >> if he were to win the election, and he is not nearly as a deterrent as his father -- for example, -- not nearly as libertarian as is bother -- for example, on the question of abortion -- but he is supported by jim demint. jim demint is sort of an alternative power center to mitch mcconnell in the senate. we think of mitch mcconnell as very conservative. jim demint is even more conservative. he could make a challenge to mcconnell, then. that could be interesting to watch. >> it is almost a referendum on mcconnell himself. he has got to be watching this, because you have grant and paul as t
what does that tell us? >> he is an interesting character because he is a libertarian like his father. he is not quite as extreme on foreign affairs. he does not want to pull out of nato, that he does not want to, domestically, abolished the fed. he is not not. but he is far as i'm the -- but he is far outside the mainstream of republicanism in the sense that he is more libertarian and more isolationist but he could win. >> if he were to win the election, and he is not nearly as a...
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i don't think he would catch any of us topless on tv. [laughter] he had it, he thought he could fl it -- flaunt it, i guess. >> can i endorse mark on jim webb? he is a novelist, a war hero, has a great life outside, secretary of the navy in the reagan administration, a guy with a real life, extremely creative guy. i think he decided, he came here for six years, he did what he wanted to do, and he doesn't spend 12 years in any one place. i commend him for what he has done and the way in which he has walked away. >> can i go back to lee for a second? i think there should be a role in washington that you have to stay for your first scandal headlines. you cannot with that fast. >> three hours. his congressional district borders that of tickle monster eric massa. there is something in the water that we have to take a look at. >> the president tries to bury the hatchet with the chamber of commerce. >> i understand the challenges you face. i understand you are under pressure to cut costs. i understand the significance of your obligations to sha
i don't think he would catch any of us topless on tv. [laughter] he had it, he thought he could fl it -- flaunt it, i guess. >> can i endorse mark on jim webb? he is a novelist, a war hero, has a great life outside, secretary of the navy in the reagan administration, a guy with a real life, extremely creative guy. i think he decided, he came here for six years, he did what he wanted to do, and he doesn't spend 12 years in any one place. i commend him for what he has done and the way in...
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. >> lead us to a better solution. if you do not, mr. president, you will go down in history as one of the most irresponsible commanders in chief in the history of the country. >> this week on "inside washington," gunfight at the sequestration corral. >> i believe they should at least pass a smaller package that will delay the economically damaging effects of the sequester for a few more months until congress finds a way. >> john brennan, the cia, and drone strikes. >> i never believed it is better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. >> marco rubio, savior of the republican party, and immigration debate. >> this is about getting it right for the american people and those suffering under an immigration system that does not work well for anybody. >> after the lights go out at the super bowl, thoughts about the nation's crumbling infrastructure. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- seesutawney phil did not his shadow this year, which means spring will come early. tell that to the folks in boston buried in sn
. >> lead us to a better solution. if you do not, mr. president, you will go down in history as one of the most irresponsible commanders in chief in the history of the country. >> this week on "inside washington," gunfight at the sequestration corral. >> i believe they should at least pass a smaller package that will delay the economically damaging effects of the sequester for a few more months until congress finds a way. >> john brennan, the cia, and drone...
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what does this tell us about the conventional wisdom on the 2010 elections, mark? >> don't seek the endorsement of the political establishment, don't run as an insider, and it is better to be younger and newer than older and more familiar. >> if you are a republican, beware the hubris we experienced on january 19 when the republicans won massachusetts. the most important race this week was the one that democrats won by a large margin, a house seat, where the guy ran a local campaign to any republican who thinks is a slam dunk that able in the house is wrong. >> the worst case that an incumbent can be this year is in an election. >> nina? >> try to remember that all of these races, except to the one in the john or the district, were primaries. richard nixon still had the support of 25% or 30% when he was nearly impeached. there is always a hard-core people who will nominate and do god knows what. >> democrat mark critz beat republican tim burns in pennsylvania, where 63% of the voters cannot stand in nancy pelosi. first, republican tim burns. >> pennsylvania needs j
what does this tell us about the conventional wisdom on the 2010 elections, mark? >> don't seek the endorsement of the political establishment, don't run as an insider, and it is better to be younger and newer than older and more familiar. >> if you are a republican, beware the hubris we experienced on january 19 when the republicans won massachusetts. the most important race this week was the one that democrats won by a large margin, a house seat, where the guy ran a local campaign...
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some of us had been suggesting that. people are asking the fbi director at the 9/11 whether we have the kind of issue in this country and he said no at the time. we have had indications that we do have a home ground threat here. this ties back into the question of fighting the war overseas. we don't have an enemy that will ever come to a conference table and sign a document. we will see this problem for years to come of this country . >> we are a country of 3 million people. -- 300 million peoplewe have seen this in other areas. we had black panthers blowing things up at one point. you cannot expect especially with young people and i assume some recruitment effort by the allies overseas, their allies ever sees, that we will not see some of this. it is scary but it would be miraculous if we did not have this. >> if you are a national security officials, you will always to a worst-case scenario. you have -- the context is it your the director of all my security, you will not say not to worry. you will always say that the t
some of us had been suggesting that. people are asking the fbi director at the 9/11 whether we have the kind of issue in this country and he said no at the time. we have had indications that we do have a home ground threat here. this ties back into the question of fighting the war overseas. we don't have an enemy that will ever come to a conference table and sign a document. we will see this problem for years to come of this country . >> we are a country of 3 million people. -- 300...
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. >> two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known, the stock market has come roaring back, corporate profits are up, the economy is growing again. >> whether it is sold as a stimulus or packaged as investment they want a federal government that taxes too much and spends too much in order to do too much. during the last two years, that is exactly what we've got to come along with record deficits and debt. >> take your pick, mark -- glass is half-empty, half full. >> there are two kinds of conservatives. there are the five minutes to midnight conservatives. things are bad and they are going to get darker there are the five minutes to don conservatives. i would put in that category jack kemp and ronald reagan, who but the smiley face on conservatism. paul ryan, unfortunately for its national debut, someone who is well regarded by many, it fell into the five minutes to midnight. this is the time for cold showers and root canal. >> there are two types of democrats, those who spin and those who tell the truth. what we got from the president was a remarkable speech of spin.
. >> two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known, the stock market has come roaring back, corporate profits are up, the economy is growing again. >> whether it is sold as a stimulus or packaged as investment they want a federal government that taxes too much and spends too much in order to do too much. during the last two years, that is exactly what we've got to come along with record deficits and debt. >> take your pick, mark -- glass is half-empty, half...